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The most complete online medical dictionary: 16,436 terms covering anatomy, physiology, pathologies, diagnostic exams, pharmacology and every clinical specialty.
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Show more- Heat syncope Sudden dizziness, feeling faint ans sometimes fainting experienced after exercising in the heat. The skin…
- Basal temperature 1) Usually, a person's temperature on awakening in the morning. As changes in basal temperature accompany…
- NEJM The New England Journal of Medicine
- Western blot A technique in molecular biology, used to separate and identify proteins. Called a Western blot merely…
- Magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic resonance imaging: A special radiology technique designed to image internal structures of the body…
- Neuroendocrine cancer of the skin Also called Merkel cell carcinoma. An uncommon but highly malignant skin tumor that characteristically starts…
- CEPH The Centre d'Etudes du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH), an internationally renowned research laboratory created…
- Gallbladder A pear-shaped organ just below the liver that stores the bile secreted by the liver. During a fatty meal, the…
- MSBP Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Acute mountain sickness (AMS) Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the effect on the body of being in a high altitude environment. AMS is…
- Vaccination, infectious hepatitis See Immunization, hepatitis A.
- Retinoic acid syndrome A syndrome that occurs from treatment with retinoic acid and is characterized by fever, dyspnea (difficulty…